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Clay Thomas

Clay Thomas

About Me

I have been a musician for 34 years. I’ve been in many bands. I’ve played mostly in the Heartland but did a northeast & Canadian tour with my good songwriting friend, Peter Kovacs, who has also been on many of my original recordings as a keyboard player. Currently, I’m playing in a band from Cape Girardeau, Missouri called "The Thundertones" Ryan Matlock/lead vocals, Julie Arnold/Bass & backing vocals, Doug Brown/drums, Dave Pruitt/guitar & backing vocals, Clay Thomas/guitar & backing vocals. I’ve had a lot of help over the years with some talanted musicians & fans of my music. I am deeply appreciative to all that have helped me over the years by either playing music with me or attending one of my shows or listening to my music on CD. I truly love music of all kinds. When I was younger, it was all about originality & creating new music. Now, it is just about music. My music, your music, our music. All good music is sacred & I love to create, learn, perform, record, & listen to it. We are all constantly evolving & growing as humans & artists. Thank you to all I’ve taken the journey with & those of you who have taken the journey with me. Keep rockin’!!

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Member Since: 3/19/2008
Band Members: Clay Thomas/lead guitar & vocals, Bob Bigelow/bass guitar & drums, Lindsay Bowerman/bass guitar, Jamie Howard/drums, Peter Kovacs/keyboards, Reggie Vargas/rhythm guitar, Tom Paulis/rhythm guitar, Daryl Whited/drums, Per Austreng/mandolin, Farley Thomas/keyboards, Mustapha Stokely/keyboards
Influences: R.E.M., Neil Young, KISS, The Cruzados, The Beatles, The Stones, Farrari, Social Offense, Andy Scholl, Tony Spinner, Brad Springmeyer, Randy Leiner, Farrell Webber, John Lukas, Freddy Friction, Daryn Brooks, Perry Palermo, Peter Kovacs, Per Austreng, Lindsay Bowerman, Bob Bigelow, Ryan Matlock, Doug Brown, Julie Arnold, Dave Pruitt, Farley Thomas, Mustapha Stokely, Timexx Nasty, Tommy DeWolf, Black Oak Arkansas, Dr. Dave & The Interns, Boston, Thin Lizzy, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Al DiMeola, Jeff Beck, Mozart, Bach, Beethovan, Vivaldi, The Raspberries, Eric Carman, Uncle Tupelo, The Bottle Rockets, Jason & The Scorchers, Faron Young, Dale Watson, Cornell Hurd, Marvelous 3, Butch Walker, Deep Purple, Robin Trower, Rory Gallagher, Marilyn Manson, Charles Manson, G.G. Allin, Nietzche, Hitler, Jesus, Satan, Buddha, Allah, Krishna, Vishnu, Barney Fife, Andy Taylor, Gomer Pyle, Steve Wilkos, Jerry Springer's "Final Thought", peanut butter, ramon noodles, boredom, anger, sadness, suicidal & homicidal thoughts, earned respect & love, you, me, & everyone else I forgot to mention.......
Sounds Like: R.E.M. meets The Raspberries meets Neil Young meets Hawkwind meets Paul Simon meets Don McClean meets John Lennon meets Steve Forbert meets KISS
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None